Montoya v. Gurule

WATSON, Chief Justice.

At an election to choose members of the board of trustees of the Tecolote land grant, the parties to this proceeding in error were candidates. The defendants jn error contested the declared election of the plaintiffs in error and prevailed.

The single question before us is whether the contest statute is applicable to an election of this kind. If not, the district court was without jurisdiction.

By “the 1927 Election Code?’ it is provided .that “any unsuccessful candidate for any public office may contest the election of the candidate to whom certificate of election has…